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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Recommended
Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins
Lurid and expressionistic 30s version of Stevenson's novel, and still the best, with Fredric March (who won an Oscar) as the idealist Doctor who…
FreaksFreaks (1932) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams
The only film in history to exploit real–life 'mutants' is actually a sensitive and fascinating piece of cinema history. Perhaps misunderstood…
Mummy, TheMummy, The (1932)
Dir. Karl Freund
Feat. Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff gives a famously restrained performance, in one the great Universal Studios horrors. Story of the bandage–man's rise from the…
Old Dark House, TheOld Dark House, The (1932)
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
Seeking refuge from an encroaching storm, six travellers pick the wrong house to take shelter in, with a spooky Boris Karloff, among other terrors in…
VampyrVampyr (1932)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard
Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…
White ZombieWhite Zombie (1932) Recommended
Dir. Victor Halperin
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
Creaky but effectively eerie chiller with Bela Lugosi as a voodoo king menacing naive newlyweds in Haiti. The trance–like direction and tiny…
DraculaDracula (1931) Recommended
Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi
The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…
Dracula - The Legacy CollectionDracula - The Legacy Collection (Dracula (1931), Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, House of Dracula,) (1931-1948)
Feat. Bela Lugosi
An excellent set comprising Bela Lugosi's DRACULA and five Universal followups. Includes both the US and Spanish versions of the original film.
FrankensteinFrankenstein (1931) Recommended
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff is the definitive incarnation of Mary Shelley's tragic man–monster, while the delicate balance of horror and pathos give the film…
Frankenstein - The Legacy CollectionFrankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein) (1931-1945)
Feat. Boris Karloff
All four of Boris Karloff's FRANKENSTEIN series plus GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, in a 3–disc set.

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